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Jamaica Observer: TOKYO, Japan By Paul A Reid – For the first time since the Sydney Games in 2000, there will be no Jamaican man in the Olympic 100m finals after Yohan Blake and Oblique Seville both failed to get past the semi-finals at the Tokyo Olympics on Sunday. Blake, who has two silver med... Read more

Jamaica Observer: KINGSTON, By Paul A Reid - There was a “quiet expectation of a sweep” in the women's 100m final at the Olympic Games even before the team left for Tokyo, Japan, says Ian Forbes. The assistant manager for the track and field team, Forbes revelled in the feat on Saturday after... Read more

Jamaica Observer: TOKYO, Japan, By Paul A Reid - Elaine Thompson-Herah ran an Olympic and National Record 10.61 seconds (-0.6m/s) as she successfully defended her Olympic Games 100m title in a Jamaican sweep of the medals at the Olympic Stadium on Saturday. Two-time winner Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce w... Read more

News Release: HAMILTON, Bermuda - Organizers for the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club's Bermuda Gold Cup racing tournament regret to announce that the 2021 regatta will not be held. The regatta, an event of the World Match Racing Tour, had been planned for the end of September, but will rescheduled next ye... Read more

New York Post: MANHATTAN, By Peter Botte - A wide-open meet due to Simone Biles’ withdrawal resulted in US gymnastics teammate Suni Lee seizing an Olympic gold medal in Tokyo to continue the Americans’ recent domination of the individual all-around competition. With Biles seated in the stands a... Read more

Bermuda's Olympian rower Dara Alizadeh finished third in the Men's Singles Scull C/D Semi-Final 1, in a time of 7:11:14 to advance to the C Final in Tokyo. Alizadeh finished behind the Semi-Final C/D winner Alvaro Torres Masias, from Peru, who recorded a time of 7:02.49, with Quentin Antognelli from... Read more

The Guardian: LONDON, England, By Sean Ingle - The most glorious of rainbows formed over Rainbow Bridge in Tokyo early on Tuesday morning as the world’s greatest triathletes swam, pedalled and puffed their way around the Odaiba Marine Park. At the end of it, Bermuda discovered its first pot of Oly... Read more

Bermuda's Cup Match elders over the age of 80 were recently treated to a luncheon hosted by the Former Cup Match Players & Officials Association (FCMPOA). Speaking during the event, FCMPOA President Dean Minors extended "a very special thanks to Barry Decouto for fully sponsoring this event". "W... Read more

[caption id="attachment_46482" align="alignleft" width="297"] Simone Biles, of the United States, leaves a medical station during the artistic gymnastics women's final at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, July 27, 2021, in Tokyo - AP Photo/Gregory Bull[/caption] Associated Press: TOKYO, By Will Gra... Read more

https://youtu.be/10ga-6qovMY Describing it as a surreal moment when she achieved Bermuda’s first ever Olympic gold medal, Flora Duffy said: “The win was more than just a win, as it means so much to everyone in Bermuda.” In an interview with Sports Max after her epic historic win in Tokyo sh... Read more